Advocates to boycottwork from July 7 to 9

Tribune News Service

Haridwar, July 5

Lawyers under the aegis of the Uttarakhand Bar Association will boycott work from July 7 to 9. A decision in this regard was taken at the state-level convention here today.

Bar Association office-bearers said the three-day boycott of legal work was to apprise the government of their issues, including their opposition to the Union government’s move to allow foreign lawyers to practise in Indian courts.

The Bar Association formed a special committee to ensure that the mass boycott of work was observed across the state. Newly elected state president of the association Surendra Mittal said the condition of the legal structure was not up to the mark in the state and litigants were facing inconvenience and delay in getting justice.

Mittal said the association understands the inconvenience that would be faced by litigants during the boycott of work for three days and all lawyers had been asked to apprise their clients of the strike.

Bar association secretary Ajay Bahuguna opposed the move of the Union Government to allow foreign lawyers to practice in higher Indian courts.

“Foreign nations do not allow Indian lawyers to practise there. The Government of India should allow foreign lawyers when they allow us to practise there. Besides, their entry will lead to increase in the fees of lawyers as corporates will pay them handsomely but a majority of Indian litigants are poor and can’t afford even nominal charges by lawyers in district courts,” Mittal added.